SELMA – Police apprehended the driver of a blue Chevy Silverado around 3 a.m. Sunday after he rolled his truck on Ind. 32 at the entrance to Selma, then fled, leaving his truck blocking the highway.

According to police, the driver of the vehicle was headed east on Ind. 32 when his truck left the road and struck the side of a ditch at a high rate of speed before it rolled onto its side and blocked both eastbound lanes.

The driver allegedly abandoned the overturned truck and fled on foot towards Muncie. Police said the driver was extremely intoxicated.

Another driver with a passenger nearly crashed into the overturned truck while driving east on on the highway, and alerted police to the vehicle blocking the road.

Police searched the area and eventually located and arrested the driver of the abandoned truck. His name was not immediately available.

Police respond at the scene of a rollover at the entrance to Selma eastbound on SR 32 at around 3 a.m. Sunday. According to police, the driver of a blue Chevy pickup was heady east on SR 32 when his vehicle left the road, struck the side of a ditch and rolled onto it's side blocking both eastbound lanes. The driver was extremely intoxicated according to responders at the scene. Police spent several minutes searching for the driver who fled the scene of the wreck on foot heading towards Muncie on SR 32. A driver with passenger headed east on SR 32 nearly crashed into the bottom of the abandoned truck and phoned police regarding the incident. Police were able to apprehended the driver of the truck and investigated the crash site before the area was cleared. Police at the scene said it was extremely fortunate additional wrecks didn't occur as a result of the abandoned truck due to low visibility at the time of the incident. (Photo: Jordan Kartholl/The Star Press)

The driver of the pickup was temporarily stuck inside the vehicle according to initial scanner traffic. According to police, he abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot towards Muncie before being apprehended. (Photo: Jordan Kartholl/The Star Press)

The driver of the pickup was temporarily stuck inside the vehicle according to initial scanner traffic. According to police, he abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot towards Muncie before being apprehended. (Photo: Jordan Kartholl/The Star Press)

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Firefighters and police directed traffic around the crash site while they investigated the area and cleared the wreckage.

Firefighters located a tire, flung from the truck at the time of the crash, in the yard of a Selma home several hundred feet from the wreck.

Officer Kip Curtis said the abandoned vehicle created a serious risk for additional wrecks on Ind. 32 due to low visibility and the absence of streetlights in the area. The speed limit on the stretch of road where the wreck occurred is 55 miles per hour.

No citation had been issued to the driver at the time of the wreck but police said the incident was still under investigation.